The cities are scattered across the country, with multiple locales in California and Florida having both a large senior population as well as a high number of same-sex households. Other good retirement cities were included because of the senior support services they provide, their reputations as gay-friendly communities, or their abundance of hospitals, home health and Medicare providers.

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More than 100 factors were considered in developing the list, said a SeniorAdvice spokesman. Among them: the percentage of LGBTQ population in the area, available social activities, festivals, weather, the existence of an LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce, presence of gay-friendly senior communities, quality of health care, number of hospitals and pharmacies, local and state legislation protecting the LGBTQ community, cost of living, and the city’s SeniorScore ― SeniorAdvice’s own scoring system designed to identify and measure livability for seniors.